Brake-lever support.



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Specification of lLetters Patent.

Application filed April 19, 1905. Serial No. 256,491.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. LIGHTBODY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterville, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brake-Lever Supports,

of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a speciication.

My invention relates to a device for supporting the levers that arepivotally connected to the cross-bar frame or truss that connects thetwo brake shoes connected at their lower ends to brake-connecting rodsand at their upper ends by the chain or rod that serves to operate thebrakes; and it consists in attaching to the said cross-bar frame ortruss inverted yokes, the upper parts of which serve as rests orsupports for the said levers.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a plan showing one end of a truck-frame. Fig. 2 is a view,on a larger scale, drawn partly in end elevation and partly in section.Fig. 3 is a side view showing a part of the truck-frame, one of thewheels, and one of the brake-levers, its connected parts, and theinverted yoke that supports the lever.

In the drawings parts only of a truck are shown. The parts that do notrelate to my device are omitted.

The frame of the truck is indicated by A, the wheel by W W, the axle byB, the rails by R R, and the brake-shoes, two of which are shown in Fig.l, by S and S, one only being shown in Fig. 2. The brake-bar connection,which passes from one brake-shoe to the other, is a truss-frameconsisting of a main bar S/ and inclined truss bars T T, connected inthe center to the coupling-piece T, which may be a part ofthehousing-piece H H, through a slot in which the brake-lever L passes. Thesaid brake-lever L is pivoted at H2 (see Fig. 3) in the usual manner.

As the brake device is usually constructed the lever L has no supportabove the housing-block I-I and soon Works loose, Wears badly, and isliable to soon get out of good working order. To remedy this defect, Ihave constructed the yokepiece P P2 P and attached it to the members Sand T of the brake-bar truss by clamps, as shown. The upper part P2 ofthe yoke forms a rest or support for the brake-lever L.

I claim- A brake-lever support comprising an inverted yoke-pieceattached to the brake-bar truss and constructed to support thebrakelever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 11th day of April, A. D.1905.

JAMES A. LIGHTBODY.

Witnesses:

FRANK K. SHAW, HAREIET M. DRAKE.

